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The Heir Chapter 61
"Excuse me," he said hurriedly and walked straight to the bathroom.Evelyn eyed him warily but shrugged her shoulders and continued sipping her coffee."Grandma," he breathed into the speaker. He hadn't heard from her since the day at the gala and a small part of him thought she had forgotten about him, which he would have believed if not for the money he received daily."How have you been, Kevin?" She asked in her smooth, regal voice.The name still sounded foreign to him but he replied anyway."I'm doing well," he said curtly."Hmm," she hummed and relaxed in the recliner chair in her grand office. "Has Secretary Kim been discharging his duties rightly?" He nodded, then remembered she couldn't see him and quickly used his words. "Yes, he has.""Very well. I haven't kept in touch because I didn't want to overwhelm you and I wanted to give you the space you needed," she started. "And I hope you've had enough of that and you're ready for your trip tomorrow?" She asked promptly."Yes,
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"Congrats, man," Chase said with a wide smile."You believe me?" Kenny asked. He thought he would have to show Chase pictures of his new office and probably the money he received before he would buy his story."Totally. I didn't see you at work today, which by the way, left Paul cranky and miserable, so I thought something must have happened but I didn't know it was something this big," he told him."Serves him right, that motherfucking ra….." he started to say but clamped his mouth shut due to Evelyn's presence. She didn't need to know what kind of monster she was working with."This is great news. We should celebrate," Chase announced."This is nuts," Evelyn muttered as she still tried to wrap her head around what looked like a scene directly from a movie. She couldn't understand how Theo would buy a ridiculous story like that, no questions asked."Of course, all bills on me tonight," Kenny said and flagged the waitress down who came and took their orders."You don't have to. I can
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Light peeked in from the thin curtains and Chase rubbed his eyes, still feeling very sleepy.He opened his eyes quickly, thinking he was late for work, then he relaxed when he remembered he didn't have to work there anymore. That day was the beginning of a new chapter in his life.He turned to the opposite side and almost fell back into sleep before his phone vibrated from underneath him."Ugh," he groaned after trying to ignore the call but the caller was persistent."Young master," Secretary Kim said immediately as he placed the phone on his ear.Chase answered grumpily with a grunt at the back of his throat.Noticing that his call had woken his young master, Secretary Kim rushed to apologize. "I'm sorry for waking you this early but the empress asked for a package to be delivered to you. Can I come upstairs?" He asked.Chase quickly sat up on the bed as he realized what Secretary Kim had said. He was downstairs and probably waiting for him."Yeah, um sure," he said into the receiv
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"Something important came up and I had to leave. I'll talk to you when I can. Be safe."Evelyn read the words on her screen again and again. She had gotten to work that day and didn't see Theo, thinking he was running late as usual and just as she was about to call him, her phone pinged, indicating a new message and she smiled when she saw the sender but her smile quickly faded when she read the words. She tried calling him but it went straight to his voicemail each time."What's wrong, Theo?" She muttered as she bit her lips, worry filling her.She knew the text message was a simple one and nothing indicated that he was in danger but she couldn't get herself to relax. But at the same time, she had been with him till late the previous night and if something was wrong, he would have told her right?"Did something bad happen to a family member?" She asked herself.She knew his adoptive parents were dead and he didn't have any siblings and he had never mentioned any relatives but she co
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The door opened and all the people seated looked on, mostly with envy and disdain.Chase walked confidently with his head held high into the house aa his footsteps echoed loudly in his ears."Grandson," The empress stood up from her seat, much to everyone's surprise."Grandma," Chase replied and bowed his head respectfully but she wrapped her fragile hands around him, engulfing him in a big hug.This surprised the people even more. The empress was very hard on them and never referred to them animatedly as she was doing with this new person, even standing up from her seat to hug him.She had told them about the lost son of their late elder brother, who was the company's heir but died of unforseen circumstances but they didn't believe. But now they had seen him, the resemblance was too uncanny to deny."Thank you for coming back to me," the empress breathed into his ear.He didn't know what to reply, seeing as he didn't have much of a choice after they had met, so he just wrapped his ha
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Everyone's head snapped to the staircase that a beautiful woman was descending from."I'm sorry I'm late, mother," the woman said but her eyes were not on the empress, they were on Chase.She stood for a couple of seconds, watching the man that looked exactly like her brother and sobs wrecked throughout her body.She walked up to Chase, who was confused at her reaction and pulled him up to his feet. Before he could think of anything, she wrapped her arms around him in a tight embrace, sobbing into his chest."It's really you," she said, not believing her eyes. She pulled his away, running her hands through his face and chest to be sure he was really there and when she was satisfied, she pulled him towards her again.Chase, not knowing what else to do, awkwardly wrapped his hand around her.Soon, the emotional embrace ended but she couldn't stop staring at him."Pardon me," she said with a choked chuckle. "I'm Imelda, your aunt. I thought I would never see you again. You were so little
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A small smile played on Chase's lips because he could already tell he was going to have 'fun' working directly with Damien.Damien's apprehension was visible because he bit the inside of his lips, clenching and unclenching his fists. He wanted to protest. He wanted to blatantly refuse but he knew better than to counter the empress."Hope that is okay with you?" The empress, with narrowed eyes, asked for the sake of it. He didn't have any choice in the matter."Yes," Damien said stiffly as he sized Theo up with his eyes."If that is all, you are all excused," she told them.Damien was the first person to storm out of the room, followed by Benedict, who was also raging. His anger was because he already had enough competition with Damien and he didn't need any more clowns to join the charade. His wife, Clara followed him swiftly and his sister Jennifer, with an upturned nose and a glare to Theo."I'll head back to the office, mother," Jacob said and after clearing his throat, turned to l
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"As you already know, I'll be retiring next spring and I'm not handing my position over based on sentiments. I'm handing it to the most capable person. I know they all have years on you and you got to the race late but I want you to put all you've got into this as if your life depends on it.""Because it does." She added to herself."I'm grateful for this opportunity and I promise not to let you down," Chase said with conviction."Good," she nodded.She got up and went to the part of the library that looked like it hadn't been used in years and pulled out a book with a thick, black cover."Read this after you're rested," she handed the book to him.He clutched it tightly as he left the room back to the living room."Take the young master to his wing," the empress said to a young woman in a maid's uniform who Chase hadn't seen earlier."Please, come," the woman, who looked to be in her mid-twenties said, bowing her head slightly.The house was an estate with different large buildings a